Category Archives: Car accident

An ambulance carrying one patient was involved in a crash in Fullerton, injuring everyone in the ambulance and the driver of a Volvo, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that the ambulance carrying the driver, a passenger and a patient was traveling west on Bastanchury without lights or sirens when it collided with…

A 47-year-old man who was struck by a white Honda CRV and killed while riding his bicycle has been identified as a Laguna Hills resident, according to a news report. Authorities identified the victim as Brian Winfrey; he died shortly following the accident at UCI Medical Center in Orange. Winfrey was riding his bicycle south…

A seven-year-old girl was struck by a SUV in the middle of a Santa Ana residential street by a hit-and-run driver, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that the girl was walking with her mother on the sidewalk in the 400 block of South Birch Street when she ran into the street…

A Subaru ran a red light at a Fullerton intersection, triggering a four-car pileup that injured six people, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that a red Subaru ran the light at the intersection of Harbor Blvd. and Orangethorpe Ave. in Fullerton, and collided with a white Toyota truck. Both vehicles spun and…

A recent report from The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds that the possibility of a 16- or 17-year-old driver dying in a crash increases with each additional teen passenger in the car. The report – Teen Driver Risk in Relation to Age and Number of Passengers – found that the risk of teen drivers…

A woman has been injured after her Saturn sedan overturned on the southbound !-5 freeway, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said the cause of the accident is still being investigated. The unidentified woman flipped her Saturn sedan on the southbound I-5 at the Disneyland Drive off-ramp in Anaheim and was taken…

A collision between a water delivery truck and a Nissan Murano on the eastbound 22 freeway has injured three people, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that the water delivery truck traveling east on the 22 freeway near Grand Avenue in Orange was apparently experiencing mechanical problems when the driver of…

A Laguna Niguel SUV rollover crash that occurred as the result of a collision with another vehicle has injured two women, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that the women were traveling in a Dodge Durango on Crown Valley Parkway when they collided with a Nissan Altima at the Niguel…

A study conducted over the summer by the California Office of Traffic Safety has found that more Californians are driving with drugs in their system than alcohol, according to a news report. The first-of-its-kind roadside survey was conducted over two weekends during the summer, when researchers waved over motorists and asked them to take a…

An unidentified man has died after being involved in a Garden Grove bicycle accident, according to a news report. Garden Grove police said that the unidentified victim was riding his bicycle south on Euclid Street was apparently struck by a Honda CRV traveling in the same direction. The bicyclist was wearing a yellow reflective vest…